Love
I used to consider myself a hopeless romantic as I was growing up because there was no other subject that intrigued me more than that of love. If there was a choice to go to the movies and watch an action movie or a romantic comedy, I'd always pick the latter because there was something in me that craved understanding this subject that people die, lie, cheat and sometimes even kill for.
I used to think that I could never kill anyone for any reason especially in the name of love...but eventually I found out I was wrong. You see for a long time I roamed this earth desperately seeking this thing called love at the expense of my character and conviction and with each experience I noticed a little piece of me dying. I was compromising my heart and without even knowing it I was killing myself and my spirit. That's when I realized that if I didn't learn to truly love myself and treat me the way God intended, I would eventually become the murderer of my destiny.
I've learned that love is more than warm feelings and intense emotions. It's more than it's cinematic portrayal and it's highly publicized affair with advertisement. It's bigger than valentines day and naked babies shooting people in the butt with love arrows. It's simply understanding that there is a "way" to love that involves you conversing with your Maker and letting Him whisper the sweet nothings in your ear that describe what he always had intended for you. It's letting Him in and those who love you and allowing them to see the worst parts of you trusting that they could never see you anything less than beautifully flawed. When you find that, that peaceful place of serenity, then and only then can you invite someone to join you in your own Eden and experience what you have learned to be called love.
I found love on the road of faith and self awakening...it picked me up and we drove to a place called hope where we live to this day...
M
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